Damel kelly



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL KELLY, OF SLATERSVILLE, RHODE ISLAND.

'|MPROVEM ENT IN UMBRELLAS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57.151, dated August14, 1866.

To alt whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, DANIEL KELLY, ot' Slatersville, Providence county,and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and Improved FoldingUmbrella; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in theart to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompany ing`drawings, forming part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1represents a sectional elevation of this invention When unfolded. Eig.2is a detached view of one of the braces and ribs in a larger scale thanthe previous iigure. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the umbrellawhen folded.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to an umbrella the ribs of which are madein twoparts, which are made to slide one on the other, and which are providedWith a spring-catch in such a manner that when the ribs are extended totheir full length they are rendered rigid by their catches, and anumbrella is obtained which can be readily reduced to a small compass.

A represents the stick of my umbrella, which is made in two parts thatare connected by a screw-thread or in any other suitable manner, so thatthey can be united to form one stick of the proper length, as shown inEig. 1, or

4that they can be taken apart, as shown in Eig. 3. Said stick forms theguide for the runner a, from Which extend the braces b, which connectthe ribs B. These ribs, instead of be ing made in one piece, as usual,are made in two parts, c c', each part being provided at its end with aiiange, d or d', and these anges are perforated to admit the parts c cof the ribs, the parts c passing through the flanges d, and parts ethrough the flanges d. The tlanges d project on both sides beyond theparts c', and to their inner ends are hinged the braces b, and from saidanges extend the spring-catches e, which are so arranged that when theribs are extended to their full length they (the catches) drop over theanges d and render the ribs rigid. V

The covering of the umbrella is fastened to the ribs in the ordinarymanner, and when the ribs are contracted said coverilng` forms anannular bag, which can be easily folded up smooth against the body ofthe umbrella.

By means of the flanges d d' and catches e the ribs, When extended, arestrengthened rather than weakened, and afolding umbrella is obtainedwhich is superior in strength to an ordinary umbrella, and which can bereadily reduced to such a length that it can be conveniently packed in atrunk.

Before folding the umbrella it is necessary to release each spring-catchseparately, so that the ribs can be contracted.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The ianges d and d and spring-catches e, in combination with the twoparts c c of the ribs of an umbrella, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

DANIEL KELLY.

Witnesses: f

WM. F. MGNAMAEA, W. HAUFF.

